Reproductive biology and spawning habitat supplementation of the relict darter, Etheostoma chienense, a federally endangered species

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 145-155

  Piller, Kyle R ^a,b   Burr, Brooks M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial spawning substrate; Catonotus; Fish conservation; Nesting biology; Percidae

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

CATONOTUS; ETHEOSTOMA CHIENENSE; ETHEOSTOMA OOPHLYAX; ETHEOSTOMA SQUAMICEPS; PERCIDAE; PISCES; RIPARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032971526     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007478906050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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